TARGET'S NOT REALLY ON TARGET

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Justin's One Less Lonely Girl Nail Color line hit Wal-Mart shelves just in time for the holidays last month and it's already sold out in all 3,000 US stores stocking the...

"We believe this strategic alliance will help us grow e-commerce even faster in China," said Dan Toporek, a spokesman for Wal-Mart. Josh Gartner, a JD.com spokesman in Beijing, declined to comment on the stock performance or the partnership with Wal-Mart.
A significant share of JD.com's...

Then the trail stopped, and now the Times is reporting that the investigation has been swept under the rug by Wal-Mart's leaders.
A spokesperson for Wal-Mart responded to allegations of a cover up:
"If these allegations are true, it is not a reflection of who we are or what we stand for...

While Mulpuru believes Wal-Mart would find it difficult to put a big dent in Amazon's market share, she reckons it could make gains by capitalizing on its strengths, such as its strong relationships with packaged goods makers and in groceries.
David Cheesewright, head of Wal-Mart's...

Wal-Mart boosted its stake in JD to about 11 percent.
E-Commerce Competition
JD.com founder Richard Liu said that Wal-Mart's challenge with Yihaodian was that China's e-commerce landscape has two major players — Alibaba and JD.com — and not much room for the rest. "I think Wal-Mart did...

Wal-Mart pays about five cents more to Visa for each signature transaction than it does for the so-called PIN transactions.
The suit underscores how retailers and financial institutions are locked in a continued battle on how to balance security while also providing convenience for shoppers.

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Sources reveal to the fashion trade journal that her five-year Cover Girl stint ends in January and "she intends to strike out on her own" with this project. If the deal is indeed real, this will be 37-year-old Barrymore's debut solo beauty initiative and Wal-Mart's first dedicated...

with the launch of her new beauty line, Flower, developed exclusively for Wal-Mart. At the time, she told Into the Gloss, "We're an upstart company at Walmart, which sounds like an oxymoron, I know. We are at the largest retailer in the world, but we are a new business."
Given that Flower...

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He noted the data covers only a small selection of Wal-Mart's China stores, adding: "It fits the story that the last couple of years have been pretty tough. It's still a very difficult environment for foreign retailers."
A Wal-Mart spokeswoman declined to comment beyond an earlier...

The proposals did not get adequate votes.
Wal-Mart in February 2015 said it will lift its base pay to $10 an hour in 2016, a step it has implemented this year. Labor groups feel this is not enough.
Union backed group OUR Wal-Mart kept up pressure, and its workers met McMillon earlier this